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Zahra Lari - Arab Emirates Skater

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Ziggy

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Dubai is largely comprised of an immigrant population so whilst I totally understand your point about the culture not encouraging it, even purely statistically the average skater is bound to be an immigrant. Emiratis comprise only 17% of the Dubai population.

I've just looked up Amira Abdul Moati and she's an Egyptian living in UAE.
 
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Nadya

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 22, 2004
Ziggy said:
Dubai is largely comprised of an immigrant population so whilst I totally understand your point about the culture not encouraging it, even purely statistically the average skater is bound to be an immigrant. Emiratis comprise only 17% of the Dubai population.

I've just looked up Amira Abdul Moati and she's an Egyptian living in UAE.
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None of the immigrants have Emirati passports so it's doubtful they could compete for and represent the country. Statistically, someone with an Emirati passport will be an Emirati.
 
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Ziggy

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Nadya said:
None of the immigrants have Emirati passports so it's doubtful they could compete for and represent the country. Statistically, someone with an Emirati passport will be an Emirati.
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You don't need citizenship in order to represent a country in international competition. All that you need is resident status. You need citizenship to compete at the Olympics, though, and from what I read, Emirati citizenship is extremely difficult if not near impossible to obtain.
 
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